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Russia lies about Poland's plans to annex part of Ukraine - Sikorski

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has denied the Russian propaganda thesis that Warsaw intends to annex part of Ukraine's territories, according to RMF. “Russia is lying about Poland's alleged plans to annex part of Ukraine. Donbas is Ukraine; Crimea is Ukraine. Lviv, Volyn, and former Eastern Galicia are also Ukraine. That is why I am repe...

Eddie Hall smashes UFC record for strongest punch

Former World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall has smashed the record for the world's hardest punch. The Brit beat Brazilian UFC fighter Alex Pereira's record after he recently surpassed that of Francis Ngannou, a man who put world champion heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury on the canvas. The record was broken as UFCs Performance Institute (PI) in Las Vegas. I...

Digested week: Trump’s McDonald’s bill is big, but its prices have ballooned

Monday Donald Trump’s appearance in criminal court on Monday has raised many questions, constitutional and otherwise, but on the evidence of the first day I find myself most curious about the former president’s McDonald’s order. During jury selection last week, the Daily Mail reported on a $700 (£560) McDonald’s order put in by Trump staffers that included 27 orders of fries, 27 quarter pounders, a bunch of nuggets and no drinks. A McDonald’s...

Hailed as a hero and then sacked: the carer’s allowance whistleblower

Almost exactly five years ago, Enrico La Rocca was hailed by MPs as a hero, a whistleblower whose tenacity had helped expose profound failures at the heart of the government’s vast benefits agency, resulting in tens of thousands of vulnerable unpaid carers being unfairly fined and prosecuted. Without La Rocca – who was not named at the time – serious problems with carer’s allowance overpayments may never have come to light, the Commons work and...

MeToo founder 'devastated' over Weinstein

'Ten years ago, we could not get a man like Harvey Weinstein into a courtroom', the MeToo founder says.

iPhone 16: All the rumours to know

iPhone 16: All the rumours to know - Apple’s new flagship smartphone could be filled with new AI smarts

Turkish court convicts Syrian woman over Istanbul bombing, media says

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A Turkish court sentenced Ahlam Albashir, a Syrian national, to life in prison on Friday over a 2022 bombing that killed six people in Istanbul's main shopping street, Demiroren news agency (DHA) and other media said. Six Turkish citizens, two members each of three families, were killed in the attack on Nov. 13, 2022. The explosion also wounded about 100 people in the busy

The games that will decide Premier League title race as Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool battle in run-in

The games that will decide Premier League title race as Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool battle in run-in - The Gunners’ bid has been revitalised but the reigning champions remain in pole position

Liverpool ‘beginning to lose patience’ with Klopp signing as Barcelona are tipped to ramp up interest

Liverpool are considering selling one of their top stars as the club is reportedly 'beginning to lose patience' with the Barcelona-linked player

Pentagon reveals purpose of ATACMS delivery to Ukraine - NYT

The US Department of Defense has explained the purpose of long-range ATACMS missile delivery to Ukraine, reports The New York Times. A senior US defense official said that the purpose of the new long-range systems is to increase pressure on Crimea, the center of Russian air and ground forces, “where, right now, Russia has had relatively safe haven”...

Drake ordered to delete track featuring AI-generated voice of Tupac

Tupac Shakur's estate has threatened to sue Drake and ordered him to delete a track featuring an AI-generated copy of the late rapper's voice.

Erik ten Hag gives injury update on Mason Mount and five Man Utd defenders

United hope to see injury problems ease by the weekend.

Google owner worth more than $2 trillion after announcing first dividend

Google’s parent company soared past a $2 trillion valuation last night as the search engine giant said it would pay a dividend for the first time. Shares in Alphabet rose by more than 12pc to a record high as the company announced the payout to shareholders, alongside a $70bn (£56bn) share buyback scheme. Microsoft shares also rose after the world’...

Cleverly: Khan talks more about Gaza ‘than black kids getting murdered in London’

Sadiq Khan has said more about Gaza than “black kids getting murdered in south-east London”, the Home Secretary has said. James Cleverly accused Mr Khan, the Labour Mayor of London, of being “asleep at the wheel” and cited his record on knife crime and policing in the capital. His comments came just a week before the London mayoral election, with p...

Rishi Sunak under fire for government’s record low in freedom of information

Rishi Sunak has been accused of presiding over the least transparent government for 25 years, after it emerged the rate of freedom of information (FoI) requests granted in full dropped to a record low last year. The prime minister’s government allowed information to be released fully for only 34% of requests in 2023. This compared with 41% during Boris Johnson’s first full year as prime minister, 46% under Theresa May in 2017, 56% under David...

Russian schoolgirl, 17, jailed for writing ‘death to the regime’ in graffiti

‘Christian Horner wants control and power’ as true Red Bull desire suggested by David Croft

"He wants control. He wants power."

Two men accused of being Chinese spies appear in London court

LONDON (Reuters) - Two men accused of spying for China, including a former researcher for a prominent British lawmaker in the governing Conservative Party, appeared in a London court on Friday. The two, ex-researcher Christopher Cash, 29, and Christopher Berry, 32, are charged with providing prejudicial information to China in breach of the Official Secrets Act. Cash and Berry appeared at

Minneapolis approves $150K settlement for witness to George Floyd's murder

Minneapolis approves $150K settlement for witness to George Floyd's murder - The Minneapolis City Council has agreed to pay a $150,000 settlement to an eyewitness who tried to intervene to prevent George Floyd’s murder and who says he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result

Carragher says next Liverpool manager has 'big decision' to make on £85m star

'I don’t think there is going to be a massive improvement in him.'

Long flu season winds down in US

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season appears to be over. It was long, but it wasn't unusually severe. Last week, for the third straight week, medical visits for flu-like illnesses dipped below the threshold for what's counted as an active flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Other indicators, like hospitalizations and patient testing, also show low and declining activity. No state is reporting a high amount of...

Police launch violent crackdowns on Gaza protests at colleges across the US: ‘We’re terrified of another Kent State’

Police launch violent crackdowns on Gaza protests at colleges across the US: ‘We’re terrified of another Kent State’ - More than 500 people have been arrested in the last week at protests in solidarity with Gaza

Denso to sell off cross-shareholdings and use proceeds on M&A

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor supplier Denso plans to eventually sell all of its cross-shareholdings, its president said on Friday, as the company looks to fund acquisitions and other investments. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Investors have long pressured Japanese companies to sell-off cross-shareholdings and put their capital to better use. Firms have been gradually selling down their stakes, thanks in

Hardline Israeli war cabinet minister hospitalised after car crash

Israel’s hard-Right national security minister has been injured in a car accident after his motorcade reportedly ran a red light. A car carrying Itamar Ben-Gvir flipped over at an intersection in the central town of Ramla on Friday afternoon, police said. Footage from the scene shows the vehicle upside down in the middle of an intersection. Mr Ben-...

What a Twitter fight between AOC and Jared Moskowitz over Israel reveals about the Democrats

What a Twitter fight between AOC and Jared Moskowitz over Israel reveals about the Democrats - The terse words between two media-savvy Democrats — AOC and Jared Moskowitz of Florida — expose a larger divide among Democrats

Popular TV series to return to BBC as major cast changes are announced

Fans will be delighted to know there is more on the way.

‘I would not be alive’: anger at Sunak plan to strip GPs of sicknote powers

Guardian readers have reacted with horror and distress to Rishi Sunak’s plans to strip GPs of their power to sign people off work, in favour of “work and health professionals”. We received an unusually high level of responses to a callout asking people about their experiences of being signed off work and their thoughts regarding Sunak’s proposals. Charlotte, a 35-year-old senior radiographer for the NHS, said that when she heard Sunak’s speech,...

Donald Trump manages partial victory in Supreme Court as hush money case rumbles on

Donald Trump managed a partial victory in the Supreme Court today, as justices delayed any potential decision on his immunity case over election riots.

Charlie Woods Shoots 81 To Fall Short In Bid To Qualify For 2024 US Open

Charlie Woods carded a nine-over-par round in local qualifying to miss out on one of five spots into final qualifying

Humza Yousaf’s future to be determined by Alba Party

Humza Yousaf’s fate in a no confidence vote is in the hands of Alex Salmond’s Alba Party, as SNP sources said the First Minister was a “dead man walking”. Mr Yousaf decided to scrap the SNP’s power-sharing deal with the Greens on Thursday, a move that backfired spectacularly by prompting Douglas Ross, the Scottish Tory leader, to table a motion of ...

The staggering financial value of Ferrari HP title sponsor deal revealed after ‘historic’ move

Well now, that's not to be scoffed at...

Baby airlifted to Vatican hospital after NHS refuses to operate as ‘he was too ill’

A one-month-old baby with a congenital heart condition was airlifted to a Vatican hospital after the NHS refused to operate on him. The parents of the baby boy are understood to have been told by an NHS hospital that he was too ill to undergo specialist cardiac surgery. The family of the baby wish to remain anonymous and have not identified the NHS...

Anglo American shares soar on £31bn takeover approach from BHP

Anglo American shares soar on £31bn takeover approach from BHP - The potential deal would create the world’s biggest copper miner, with around 10% of global output.

Putin army 'accelerating' advance to break Ukraine defensive line despite heavy losses, say UK defence chiefs

Putin army 'accelerating' advance to break Ukraine defensive line despite heavy losses, say UK defence chiefs - Ministry of Defence in London said Russian units had seized ‘several small settlements’ in the Donetsk province

Bernie Sanders issues scathing statement directed at Netanyahu over campus protests

Bernie Sanders issues scathing statement directed at Netanyahu over campus protests - The Vermont Senator, one of America’s highest-profile Jewish lawmakers, said the Israeli leader was head of an ‘extremist and racist government’ and that the US campus protests against the Gaza war are ‘not antisemitic’

40 years after discovery of HIV, another huge breakthrough is within our grasp

Today marks a huge moment.

Belarus alleges drone attack from Lithuanian territory, Vilnius responds sharply

Belarus has claimed that it was attacked by drones from the territory of Lithuania. Such accusations are disinformation, according to LRT. What they said in Belarus The head of the Belarusian State Security Committee, Ivan Tertel, said that Belarusian security forces had taken measures that “prevented an attack by attack drones from the territory o...

Adrian Newey departure rumours fly as Red Bull issue response – F1 news round-up

Check out all the latest F1 news headline from Thursday in the PlanetF1.com round-up...

Russia arrests Forbes reporter over social media posts on Bucha massacre

Russia has arrested a journalist from the Russian edition of Forbes magazine for social media reposts over accusations of Russian atrocities in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, his lawyer and Forbes said on Friday. Rights groups say hundreds of Russians have been arrested, fined and jailed for criticising Russia's offensive on Ukraine under tough military censorship laws. Russian authorities have particularly targeted people for comments on Bucha,...

Former Post Office executive says she never ‘knowingly did anything wrong’

Former Post Office executive says she never ‘knowingly did anything wrong’ - Angela van den Bogerd gave evidence at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry in central London on Thursday.

Liverpool ‘already working’ to secure £50m ‘priority’ signing but face Arsenal competition

Liverpool are already putting in the work to bolster their defensive options for next season as a new priority target has been identified

Families traumatised by police messages

Emma Webber, the mother of Barnaby Webber - who died in a stabbing attack in Nottingham, has written an emotional letter to the members of a police WhatsApp group.

UK stock market shrinking at fastest pace in history, says Goldman

Britain’s stock market is shrinking at its fastest pace in history, a Wall Street bank has suggested, as the FTSE 100 hits a fresh record high. Goldman Sach said the combination of company buybacks and a lack of new stock being issued would drastically reduce the supply of shares available to be purchased by investors. However, this reduction in th...

Zelenskyy reveals what Ukraine wants to discuss during tomorrow's Ramstein meeting

The next meeting of the Contact Group on Defense Issues of Ukraine (the Ramstein format) will take place tomorrow, April 26th. Kyiv wants to discuss the problems that have arisen due to the suspension of American aid, according to an evening address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. According to him, Ukraine is already preparing for tomor...

‘It is abuse... enough is enough’: Marcus Rashford’s message to Man Utd fans – posted at 12.36am

Marcus Rashford has hit out at the abuse he has suffered this season and said “enough is enough”. The Manchester United forward has endured a difficult campaign, scoring just eight goals in all competitions, with Erik ten Hag’s side on the brink of failing to qualify for the Champions League. Rashford was booed off during United’s extraordinary FA ...

Travis Scott’s First Original Jordan, the Jumpman Jack, Is on Its Way. Here’s Everything to Know

A hype sneaker suitable for every kind of activity, apparently

Biden and 17 other world leaders call for ‘immediate release’ of hostages held by Hamas

Biden and 17 other world leaders call for ‘immediate release’ of hostages held by Hamas - ‘There is a deal on the table that would bring a ceasefire immediately to Gaza... and Hamas has rejected that,’ said a White House official, referring to a pending negotiation currently ongoing in Qatar

Rugby Australia proposes radical idea for All Blacks Test as chairman slams rugby’s ‘half-pregnant’ approach

Rugby Australia chairman Daniel Herbert has a proposal for New Zealand Rugby.

NFL Draft Latest: Caleb Williams to Bears, record six QBs taken in first 12 picks

DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on the first round of the NFL draft (all times local): No. 29 pick: Tyler Guyton to the Cowboys Dallas took the Oklahoma offensive tackle at No. 29 overall after trading down with Detroit to improve their positioning later in the draft. ___ No. 28 pick (trade): Xavier Worthy to the Chiefs Kansas City made a deal with AFC rival Buffalo to move up four spots to select the Texas receiver, who set an NFL combine record with...

Intel CEO Gelsinger on Q1 Earnings, Foundry Business, AI

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger discusses the company's quarterly results, progress on the foundry business, demand for AI PCs, and where he sees strength in AI products going forward.